$2,200 Warm Up | 2023 Merit Poker Gangster Series

11-26-2023 15:29 UTC+2

Ghazarian Doubles Through Gabdullin

Ryan Lashmar

Level 28 : Blinds 60,000/120,000, 120,000 ante

Harout Ghazarian moved all in for 690,000 from early position and was called by Damir Gabdullin in the cutoff who covered to put Ghazarian at risk.

Harout Ghazarian: 4♣4♥
Damir Gabdullin: A♦J♠

The board ran out 6♣10♦Q♣J♣4♠. Gabdullin had pulled ahead with a pair on the turn but Ghazarian had rivered the set of fours to secure a full double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Damir Gabdullin	1,700,000 -800,000	-800,000
Harout Ghazarian	1,600,000 -210,000	-210,000

Tags: Damir Gabdullin Harout Ghazarian

11-26-2023 15:45 UTC+2

Govorov Continues to Climb

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 28 : Blinds 60,000/120,000, 120,000 ante

Feyzullah Karaarslan opened to 250,000 from the button and was called by Ivan Govorov in the small blind.

The flop came 9♣8♥3♠. Govorov checked, Karaarslan fired a 200,000 continuation bet and Govorov check-raised to 900,000. Karaarslan made the call.

On the 4♠ turn Govorov moved all in, covering Karaarslan who had roughly 2,800,000.

Karaarslan went into the tank, using a time extension before ultimately finding a fold, allowing Govorov to take down a nice pot without showdown.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ivan Govorov	8,700,000
Feyzullah Karaarslan	2,825,000

Tags: Feyzullah Karaarslan Ivan Govorov

11-26-2023 15:51 UTC+2

Harout Ghazarian Eliminated in 12th Place ($12,260)

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 28 : Blinds 60,000/120,000, 120,000 ante

Action folded around to Andrei Daniliuk in the small blind who moved all in, covering Harout Ghazarian in the big blind who had 2,700,000. Ghazarian made the call and was at risk.

Harout Ghazarian: A♣Q♠
Andrei Daniliuk: 6♥6♣

It was a preflop flip that Daniliuk got the best of on the 9♥10♦8♥8♦4♣ runout, taking down a nice pot while putting an end to Ghazarian's deep run.

Player	Chips	Progress
Harout Ghazarian	Busted

Tags: Andrei Daniliuk Harout Ghazarian

11-26-2023 15:57 UTC+2

Bakhos Joumaa Eliminated in 11th Place ($12,260)

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 28 : Blinds 60,000/120,000, 120,000 ante

Ankit Ahuja opened to 275,000 from the cutoff and Bakhos Joumaa moved all in for 2,085,000 from the big blind. Ahuja called off with a covering stack to put Joumaa at risk.

Bakhos Joumaa: 10♠9♥
Ankit Ahuja: Q♣Q♠

Joumaa was in bad shape against Ahuja's pocket queens and could not pull ahead on the 8♥6♣K♣3♣J♥ runout, resulting in his elimination while Ahuja took down a sizable pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ankit Ahuja	6,000,000 1,900,000	1,900,000
Bakhos Joumaa	Busted

Tags: Ankit Ahuja Bakhos Joumaa

11-26-2023 16:06 UTC+2

Break Time

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 28 : Blinds 60,000/120,000, 120,000 ante

The Final Ten Players are on the first 15-minute break of the day.

Level: 29

Blinds: 80,000/160,000

Ante: 160,000

11-26-2023 16:34 UTC+2

Damir Gabdullin Eliminated in 10th Place ($12,260)

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 29 : Blinds 80,000/160,000, 160,000 ante

Damir Gabdullin moved all in from the small blind for 1,985,000 and was called by Ankit Ahuja in the big blind who covered.

Damir Gabdullin: K♣6♣
Ankit Ahuja: K♠10♣

Ahuja was well ahead with a dominating king and remained so o nthe A♥Q♥2♣8♠3♥ runout to send Gabdullin to the rail one spot shy of making the final table.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ankit Ahuja	7,900,000 1,900,000	1,900,000
Damir Gabdullin	Busted

Tags: Ankit Ahuja Damir Gabdullin

11-26-2023 16:37 UTC+2

Break

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 29 : Blinds 80,000/160,000, 160,000 ante

The action has been paused to allow the tournament staff to prepare for the final table.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andrei Daniliuk	8,825,000 3,825,000	3,825,000

Ivan Govorov	8,205,000 -495,000	-495,000
Ankit Ahuja	7,920,000 20,000	20,000
Tugce Hursoz	5,600,000 2,960,000	2,960,000
Hadi Khadra	4,745,000 640,000	640,000
Yunsheng Sun	3,075,000 1,975,000	1,975,000

Martynas Vitkauskas	3,060,000 -170,000	-170,000
Bernard Boutboul	1,255,000 -735,000	-735,000

11-26-2023 16:40 UTC+2

Final Table Seat Draw

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 29 : Blinds 80,000/160,000, 160,000 ante

Seat	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
1	Feyzullah Karaarslan	Turkey	2,625,000	16
2	Bernard Boutboul	France	1,255,000	8
3	Tugce Hursoz	Turkey	5,600,000	35
4	Ivan Govorov	Russian Federation	8,205,000	51
5	Hadi Khadra	Lebanon	4,745,000	30
6	Yunsheng Sun	China	3,075,000	19
7	Martynas Vitkauskas	Lithuania	3,060,000	19
8	Andrei Daniliuk	Russian Federation	8,825,000	55
9	Ankit Ahuja	India	7,920,000	50